Sports & Leisure Studies: Sport and Leisure Management

By Seamus Kelly

Considering the celebrity-like status of the professional football manager, surprisingly little is known about their role. This book provides an unprecedented insight into the world of the contemporary professional football manager. Drawing on original research, it explores the complex challenges…

Hardback – 2017-02-16 
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Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by John Nauright, Tony Collins

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events. The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the…

Hardback – 2017-02-14 
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Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by James J. Zhang, Brenda G. Pitts

The international nature of the sport industry requires a global approach to sport marketing practices. Organisations need to develop a good understanding of the laws, regulations, values and norms of the countries and cultures in which they operate. This book brings together world-leading sport…

Hardback – 2017-02-14 
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World Association for Sport Management Series

By Jonathan Gander

The concept of strategy is often misunderstood across all industries, whilst the creative and cultural industries offer unique competitive challenges that are all the more difficult without the ability to think and analyse strategically. Strategic Analysis: A creative and cultural industries…

Paperback – 2017-01-30 
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Mastering Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries

Edited by Simon Chadwick, Dave Arthur, John Beech

Contemporary sport is big business. Major teams, leagues, franchises, merchandisers and retailers are in fierce competition in a dynamic global market place. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, International Cases in the Business of Sport presents an unparalleled range of…

Paperback – 2017-01-26 
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Edited by Cheryl Mallen, Lorne J. Adams

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Event Management in Sport, Recreation and Tourism provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for planning and managing events. Focusing on the role of event managers and their diverse responsibilities through each phase of the…

Paperback – 2017-01-18 
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Edited by Trish Bradbury, Ian O'Boyle

Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale. This comprehensive and engaging textbook offers a complete introduction to core principles and best practice in contemporary sport management. Adopting an issues-based approach and…

Paperback – 2017-01-12 
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Edited by Jonathan Grix

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. The volume is not specifically about mega-events or their management, but rather how such events act as a lens through which a number of important and…

Hardback – 2017-01-06 
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Edited by Benjamin Litherland, Dion Georgiou

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits. Sport’s Relationship with Other Leisure Industries: Historical Perspectives spans the bowling greens of early modern England to the…

Hardback – 2017-01-06 
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By Ryan Gauthier

The Olympic Games is unquestionably the largest and most important sporting event in the world. Yet who exactly is accountable for its successes and failures? This book examines the legitimacy and accountability of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This non-governmental organisation wields…

Hardback – 2016-12-19 
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Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by Brenda G. Pitts, James J. Zhang

The international nature of the sport industry presents many management challenges and opportunities for sport organisations. This book brings together cutting-edge research from leading sport management scholars around the world, surveying a wide range of topics and issues facing the sport…

Hardback – 2016-12-16 
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World Association for Sport Management Series

Edited by Noel B. Salazar, Christiane Timmerman, Johan Wets, Luana Gama Gato, Sarah Van den Broucke

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders. This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective.…

Hardback – 2016-12-15 
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Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City